Good Reddance!

Josef Albers (German-born American Abstract Painter and Designer. 1888-1976)
"If one says 'Red' – the name of color – and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different."

My Red Wagon R halts at the red signal and I see myself fenced by a BEST bus, a Vodafone hoarding and a KFC joint. I abruptly grasp that I am under a red attack! This was sufficient to trigger a series of thoughts in my mind on how RED has been such an assorted aspect of my life.

10 years ago I cried myself to sleep after seeing a fail mark on my reportcard.

6 years ago I celebrated my first “grand” News Years at Navy Nagar with Infrared.

5 years ago I needed ketchup with everything to eat, learnt that Satan/ Devil/ Number of Beast is depicted as color red and fumed when my sister wouldn’t get off the phone.

4 years ago I celebrated Chinese New Year for 3 consecutive years in Singapore and collected cash in red packets and watched Baywatch religiously for the male Lifeguards.

2 years ago I joined the (Red) Organization created by Paul Hewson aka Bono.

Until a year ago, I cheered for Ferrari and was in dismay in the 110th minute of the FIFA World Cup final against Italy, when Zidane was showed a red card for deliberately headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest.

11 months ago I had the best Smirn off experience.

6 months ago I dined at Red Box.

A month ago I celebrated the Victory of the Indian Cricket team in the T20 World Cup Final against Pakistan as soon as Misbah-ul-Haq got out.

A week ago I downloaded all the songs from the U2 album -Under the Blood red Sky.

Recently I was very embarrassed when my Dad read an “inappropriate” chat conversation.

Yesterday I switched on the Television to see Pakistan under Red alert.

After an hour, on CNBC I witnessed Sensex in the Red.

Every morning, I make sure that I turn the red labeled faucet for my shower.

I need chili flakes with my Pizza.

The sight of blood makes me nauseous.

I simply adore Garfield.

My Zodiac Sign is Taurus – The Bull.

I see red everywhere when I am in love.

I enter the elevator to go down only to get elevated.

I always buy Levis Jeans for its red tab.

I end/avoid calls too often by using the red button on my phone.

I watch the red carpet every year held at the Oscars.

I am made to apply vermilion on my forehead every Diwali.

I Love the band Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I can listen to UB40’s red red wine on repeat.

I am a frequent flyer with Indian Airlines, Kingfisher and Spice Jet.

I have started celebrating Valentines Day, World Aids Day and Christmas every year.

I wish to experiment Red Bull with Vodka.

Finally the signal turned green! Phew!